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James Clarence Mangan

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May 1, 1803, Dublin
Died:
June 20, 1849, Dublin (aged 46)
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Gaelic revival
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James Clarence Mangan (born May 1, 1803, Dublin—died June 20, 1849, Dublin) was a prolific and uneven writer of almost every kind of verse whose best work, inspired by love of Ireland, ranks high in Irish poetry. The son of an unsuccessful grocer, at the age of 15 Mangan became a copying clerk in a scrivener’s office and remained one for 10 years. He then lived as best he could, contributing to the prestigious Dublin University Magazine and to the major nationalist newspaper, The Nation, though posts were found for him for brief periods in the library of Trinity College, ...(100 of 241 words)

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